Nice of you to be thinking of us! Im new here. Alittle about myself, I've been a alcoholic @ drug addict since i was thirteen and Im now 44. I've been clean & sober for about 8 mths ( Praise God)! This is probably the longest soberity I've had since '89 ( i had 3 years then) so im so grateful. Now, I got a new problem: dealing with depression & the meds they prescribe. I thought about nineteen mths ago that I might have some depression to deal with so i started taking some ant-depressants. Well, to make a long story short, I've tried to stop taking the anti-depressants and I feel my condition is much worse than before I started anti-depressants. Also, some of the anti-depressant they have prescribed ( plaxil,lexapro, luvox) have made my condition much worse. My condition was so bad ( no eating, no sleeping, severe restlessness,etc.) from the med luvox that I had to go to the emergency room on September 28th. They shot me up with ativam and made me all well. What a life saver that was. Now, im taking ativam for now. I don't know the next course of action. The doctors say ativam is a temporary solution but im scared ever to try any antidepressant again. I hope this ativam will get me through what i hope is a withdraw syndrome from these anti-depressionants. Like I said, I didn't have this serious depression before taking anti-depressants so i hope this ativam will give my head a chance to heal itself of these meds I've took for the last nineteen months. God Bless! With Christ's love, RJ :angel: